St. Pius X trio on Whataburger Super Team ballot

Three St. Pius X football players were among the 300 candidates selected for the Texas Football 2018 Whataburger Super Team, from which the top 40 will be chosen.

The team will be decided by fan votes, with the deadline Dec. 31 on texasfootball.com.

Quarterback Grant Gunnell and receivers Chase Lane and Trenton Waggoner were nominated from St. Pius X. Gunnell passed for 4,146 yards and 48 touchdowns with six interceptions during the regular season, breaking the state career passing yardage and touchdowns records. Lane (72-1,300-12) and Waggoner (61-1,044-17) have been his top targets.

The Super Team ballot includes two Houston ISD standout defensive backs in Madison’s Bobby Wolfe and Lamar’s Alex Hogan.

Hogan has 27 tackles, three interceptions and eight passes defended for the District 18-6A-champion Texans, also scoring eight touchdowns with kick and punt return averages of 33.9 and 17.3.